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Just been announced bikes have been retrieved.

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22 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Just been announced bikes have been retrieved.

Bikes and van recovered ( van damaged ) but he lost everything else, riding kit, tools, etc , probably around £2000 plus worth.

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On 9/4/2021 at 6:34 PM, Star Lady said:

Do riders normally insure their bikes or at the very least their tools? Seems a sensible option to me.

Insuring off road bikes is usually too expensive to be practical. A similar problem exists with tools which would often be covered while at home but not in a van which requires an additional, often separate cover. The price for tool and equipment cover isn't quite so outrageous though.

Of course it would all be much cheaper if the Police actually followed up the thefts which are now at a ridiculous level. However the priority seems to be kids on electric scooters and name calling online if the different forces FB pages are to be believed. If off road bikes are recovered it is always by the public.

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Thanks for the reply Vince. I know nothing about insurance for stuff like this. All in all it seems not too bad from what I’ve read bikes were recovered, tools worth £2K and £3K raised by fans. 

 

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As with any insurance, it depends what the items are worth to you.  I had my bikes insured for fire & theft.

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If he has a normal commercial van policy the contents isn’t normally covered.

If he insured through someone like Doodsons who are racing insurance specialists and might give additional cover for bikes but spares unlikely.

 

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13 hours ago, GWC said:

If he has a normal commercial van policy the contents isn’t normally covered.

If he insured through someone like Doodsons who are racing insurance specialists and might give additional cover for bikes but spares unlikely.

 

From experience especially the riders in the start of their career tend to put that money in to "bling" or other machinery. You need about 4-6 years of track craft, a missed season or two down to injury before they see the light that the 1k spent on insurance might be a good thing... :lol:

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5 hours ago, f-s-p said:

From experience especially the riders in the start of their career tend to put that money in to "bling" or other machinery. You need about 4-6 years of track craft, a missed season or two down to injury before they see the light that the 1k spent on insurance might be a good thing... :lol:

Bling and a sign written van are the most important bits of kit., You are 100% right 

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Maybe, and it's always wise to say after the event, if a rider is parked up in a hotel car park over night with a van full of kit, they could ask the hotel management to park near the entrance and/or wheel clamp the vehicle... just saying.

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On 9/11/2021 at 8:37 AM, iainb said:

Maybe, and it's always wise to say after the event, if a rider is parked up in a hotel car park over night with a van full of kit, they could ask the hotel management to park near the entrance and/or wheel clamp the vehicle... just saying.

Or wire up the van to the mains, to give the thief a nice hefty belt! :party:

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2 hours ago, Ray Stadia said:

Or wire up the van to the mains, to give the thief a nice hefty belt! :party:

Back in the day you could happily do that... in the crazy world we live in today you'd have to put warnings up all over the place informing the would be toe rag that they might get hurt!

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